The crisis has passed..... I removed my run-away bag from my car. (Actually, I needed some of the clothes that were in it and I had to start packing for leaving the country again.)
I didn't work yesterday (I slept in until 11) and I didn't work today and I probably won't work tomorrow, unless I get called (which would be awesome, since I'd make double time), but strangely enough, I'm not bothered by it at all. Okay, I'm completely broke. But last night I was looking through a book on photography that had some awesome pictures of kids in slums in India and I started thinking. There was this little girl standing in the middle of a monsoon flood and she had a purple sari wrapped around her so that all you could see was her huge brown eyes and her little open mouth. She was completely filthy and beautiful and I wanted to wrap my arms around her and take her home.
It's really the little unimportant things in life that are so important, that are worth fighting for. I found a list that I'd written a long time ago of 35 of my favorite things- completely random, but it got me pondering quite deeply. So here it is.... the abridged version, since there are a lot of things that I love and that make me feel alive, and since my censor (Alpha) made me edit it. But I challenge you to read it, and think of the things that make you feel alive, and make a list, and see if you can go experience some of them this week... and maybe leave a comment telling me what some of your favorites are.
Snowflakes
Drinking eggnog
The color red
Sailing on a wild ocean (or lake)
Jazz
Juicy, ripe mangos
The sound of Italian words
Running in bare feet
Spicy food
Inserting IV's
Traveling (anywhere!)
Lying in the sand
Warm tapioca pudding
Trombones and tubas
Swimming
Black tea with milk
Frangipani blossoms
Explosions (when I'm far enough away!)
Colorful skirts
Praying
Wide open fields
The exhilaration of starting a new adventure
Any kind of flowers
Babies... as long as they don't leak on me
Ice skating on a lake
Books
Going for walks
Watching the sun rise
Sleeping outside under the stars
Donuts
Ripe passion fruit
Polymer chemistry equations
Debussy's Claire de lune
Ice cream.... any kind
Being in the middle of a crazy, wild storm
Dinner with my whole family
Hanging laundry on a line
Sunday, August 31, 2008
These are a few of my favorite things
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2 comments:
Heather - I accepted your challenge and came up with a list of 40 of some of my favorite things. Here's a selection:
- walking across the Burrard Bridge
- piano music
- watching little kids play
- smell of fresh herbs
- being barefoot
- laughing
- lively dinner table conversations
- hot tea
- sunsets
- etc.
Thanks for inspiring me to think about all that I have and can so fully enjoy!
-a crisp autumn day with the smell of woodsmoke on the air
-making people laugh
-being in a foreign city
-rainboots and an umbrella on a rainy day
-watching snow come down outside while i'm snug and warm inside with a cup of hot chocolate
-red nailpolish
-old spice
-taking off in an airplane
-reading a good book
and the list goes ever on!
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